1920s New Culture - Part III Each group should post his/her responses in the cells below.Make sure that both questions are answered fully. Include your first name + last initial at the bottom of your cell.
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Summary Statement: The 1920's was an era of new culture that was brought upon by new technology, various leisure activities, and a new social attitude.
Summary Statement: The summary of the reading is that during the 1920's, America witnessed a spectacular growth in industrial output, mostly due to the mass production of electricity, creating devices like the radio, television, and film production. This also helped strive things such as professional sports and automobiles.
Jake M Erika Marko Summary Statement: The purpose of the reading was to illustrate America’s economic due to increased output with the arrival of new technology. This new technology allowed greater production which lowered costs allowing the regular citizen to be able to purchase things such as new appliances, cars, and spend money on leisure things such as movies.
Supporting Details/Key Terms: - government assumed laissez-faire to help sustain growth - indutrial output doubled Ford Motor Company (1903): greatly contributed to the social and economic impact the car had on the nation; created the Model-T Fredrick Taylor: inveted the assembly line to standardize the manufacturing process - electricity spured the mass production of automobiels, refrigerators, heavy building equipment, vacuum cleaners, and radios George "Babe" Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Gertrude Ederle: popular sports icons - movie theaters became popular, also know as Nickilodeons, which helped to spark interest in movie stars and celebrities. Paramount, MGM, and Warner Brothers: the most successful production companies
Ali Stamm & Rachael Farina
,Supporting Details/Key Terms: Ford Motor Company - Henry Ford created the first automobile, selling for $290, called the Model T. Mass production - Automobiles, refridgerators, heavy building equipment, vacuum cleaners, and radios. Assembly line - Lowered the cost of the car Economic Expansion - the mass production of electricity Laissez-faire - Laid back attitude towards business Economic Prosperity - Spectacular growth in industry output, business expanision and consumerism George "Babe" Ruth - famous baseball hero The Jazz Singer - first "talkie" radio broadcast show The Great Train Robbery - one of the first films Motion pictures - reflected social climate adapting to new technologies and giving rise to a shared expierencec nation wide.
Erin Day, Jackie Dubois
Supporting Details/Key Terms:
Model T- a car founded in 19038 that was able to be sold very inexpensively at about 290 dollars a car because of assembly lines.
Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Gertrude Ederle- sports heroes that brought s new form of home entertainment in the form of baseball and long distace swimming.
Nickelodeons- the movies such as "The Great Train Robbery" that were shown at theaters for only 5 cents.
Jazz- Affected the American culture greatly, and started dance halls that inspired movies like "The Jazz Singer" which was the first talkie.
Rudolph Valention and Clara Bow- two of the first film idols and movie stars that attracted the flapper filled audiences.
New Culture - Part III
Each group should post his/her responses in the cells below.Make sure that both questions are answered fully. Include your first name + last initial at the bottom of your cell.
The summary of the reading is that during the 1920's, America witnessed a spectacular growth in industrial output, mostly due to the mass production of electricity, creating devices like the radio, television, and film production. This also helped strive things such as professional sports and automobiles.
- government assumed laissez-faire to help sustain growth
- indutrial output doubled
Ford Motor Company (1903): greatly contributed to the social and economic impact the car had on the nation; created the Model-T
Fredrick Taylor: inveted the assembly line to standardize the manufacturing process
- electricity spured the mass production of automobiels, refrigerators, heavy building equipment, vacuum cleaners, and radios
George "Babe" Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Gertrude Ederle: popular sports icons
- movie theaters became popular, also know as Nickilodeons, which helped to spark interest in movie stars and celebrities.
Paramount, MGM, and Warner Brothers: the most successful production companies
Ali Stamm & Rachael Farina
Ford Motor Company - Henry Ford created the first automobile, selling for $290, called the Model T.
Mass production - Automobiles, refridgerators, heavy building equipment, vacuum cleaners, and radios.
Assembly line - Lowered the cost of the car
Economic Expansion - the mass production of electricity
Laissez-faire - Laid back attitude towards business
Economic Prosperity - Spectacular growth in industry output, business expanision and consumerism
George "Babe" Ruth - famous baseball hero
The Jazz Singer - first "talkie" radio broadcast show
The Great Train Robbery - one of the first films
Motion pictures - reflected social climate adapting to new technologies and giving rise to a shared expierencec nation wide.
Erin Day, Jackie Dubois
Model T- a car founded in 19038 that was able to be sold very inexpensively at about 290 dollars a car because of assembly lines.
Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Gertrude Ederle- sports heroes that brought s new form of home entertainment in the form of baseball and long distace swimming.
Nickelodeons- the movies such as "The Great Train Robbery" that were shown at theaters for only 5 cents.
Jazz- Affected the American culture greatly, and started dance halls that inspired movies like "The Jazz Singer" which was the first talkie.
Rudolph Valention and Clara Bow- two of the first film idols and movie stars that attracted the flapper filled audiences.